Treatises on Arabic Astrology

...be with it in one sign, or be five degrees original: "v . d ."; likely cinq degres. from it, or at a square aspect original: "v . quart regard"; a square aspect is 90 degrees or one-quarter of the zodiac., which is a square line. ¶ The 4th manner in which the planet is besieged original: "allegree"; in this context, it refers to "besiegement," where a planet is trapped between two harmful influences. between two malefics malefics Harmful planets, specifically Saturn and Mars. is when it is separating from one malefic and joining with the other malefic. ¶ The 5th manner is that the planet be in its fall fall original: "descente"; the sign where a planet's influence is most weakened or "depressed." or that it be joined to a planet that is in its fall. ¶ The 6th [manner] is that it be joined to a planet falling away cadent original: "cheante"; located in the 3rd, 6th, 9th, or 12th houses, which were considered weak positions. from the ascendant, or if the planet that was receiving it Referring to the concept of "reception" where one planet hosts another in its own sign. is separating from it. ¶ The 7th manner The manuscript uses ".g.e", likely using "g" as the 7th letter of the alphabet to denote the 7th item. is that the planet be in a house where it has no witness testimony original: "tesmoing"; referring to essential dignities like domicile or exaltation., which is to say any dignity; that is, it is not in its own house, or its exaltation, or its triplicity, and so on for the others. And that it be a stranger peregrine original: "estrange"; a planet with no essential dignity in its current position. and that the sun illuminates it Being "under the rays" of the sun usually weakens a planet.—that is, it is before the sun. ¶ The 9th [manner] The text skips the 8th manner or misnumbers the previous item. is that the planet be with the Head Caput Draconis or the Tail Cauda Draconis The North and South Nodes of the Moon, where the Moon's path crosses the ecliptic., if it has no latitude Meaning the planet is exactly on the ecliptic, which could lead to an eclipse or occultation.. ¶ The 10th manner is that the planets hinder themselves; this is when they are in opposition to their own houses detriment A planet is in detriment when it is in the sign opposite the one it rules., for this is a hindrance to them. ¶ These are, then, the chapters explaining the hindrance or affliction original: "attriement" of the planets that occur in nativities Birth charts., in interrogations Charts cast to answer specific questions, known as Horary astrology., and in other works. Keep watch, therefore, for these ways we have described regarding the planet that receives the disposition and which promises the outcome original: "promet la cause"; the planet indicating the result of the matter..

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The defects of the Moon and her ill condition, by which she causes diversion, hindrance, and failure original: "despis"; literally "contempt," meaning the Moon's influence is disregarded or weakened. in every inquiry and in every beginning; these occur in 10 ways. ¶ The first is that the Moon be combust combust A planet is "combust" when it is so close to the sun that its light and power are "burned up" and hidden. within the rays of the sun, and that she has not passed beyond 12 degrees [from the sun], and similarly [12 degrees] after it, though the latter is a lighter matter. ¶ The second is that she be in the degrees of her fall The Moon's fall is in the sign of Scorpio. or that she be joined to a planet that is in its fall. ¶ The third manner is that she be in opposition to the sun within 12 degrees, and that she has not yet reached the exact degree of opposition. ¶ The...